Afternoon nap is a common practice in China. Called “wujiao” in Chinese, a 30-minute nap period after lunch is given in most of the Chinese schools.

A short nap in afternoon has been proved good for heart and overall health of people. Warm weather reportedly enhances naps.

But do Chinese take an afternoon nap just anywhere?

Well, at least the pictures in the slideshow tell so. Check out some of the oddest pictures of people in China, taking nap at most odd places.

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A worker naps on the railway at the construction site of Wuhan North Railway Marshalling Station in Wuhan, Hubei province April 1, 2009. REUTERS
The Chinese Nap
A worker takes a nap surrounded by ducklings at a duck farm on the outskirts of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province April 5, 2011. REUTERS
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A street cleaner sleeps in the back of his tricycle in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province March 29, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray
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Migrant workers who have collected materials for recycling nap in their carts along a street in Taiyuan, Shanxi province April 28, 2009. REUTERS
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A man takes a nap in the sun on his motorized tricycle in Beijing May 29, 2009. REUTERS/Christina Hu
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A Chinese man sleeps on a chicken cage at a wholesale market in Nanjing, capital of China's Jiangsu province March 16, 2006. REUTERS
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A child sleeps on a couch on a flooded street in Chongqing municipality July 20, 2010. REUTERS
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A vendor selling Chinese watermelons takes a nap at a wholesale market in Huaibei, Anhui province March 11, 2010. REUTERS
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Paramilitary policemen sleep at a platform of the Guangzhou railway station February 12, 2008. China REUTERS/Joe Tan
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A driver takes a nap on a road roller near a construction site in Beijing June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Christina Hu
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